Workin the Wheel Horse on the the pond

[hitts427]

Puttin the Wheel Horse to work.Or playin with the Wheel Horse.Cleaned the pond off to get ready for ice skating with the Grandkids Sunday

[MossRoad]

Nice!

[the old grind]

Can I bring my grandkids, neighbor? I barely walked on what little ice we had in the 'valley' last winter, ... twice was it?

btw: Congrats on getting kids outside when they're not barefoot & barely dressed. (OK, I'm old-fashioned and don't see that so much nowadays....)

[hitts427]

Thanks the old grind,and yes there is always room for more kids.My grandkids are outside a lot in the winter.Got them a snowmobile that we put a mile on last year.We probably put 10 on this year.And yes the pond never did freeze enough last year to go ice skating.

[MF1433V]

Nice old horse. Probably not the best location for a quick sale though - JK

Is that a C-120? I see it has hydraulic lift nice for scraping the ice. Love the horse's!

[hitts427]

lol on the not the best location.I was getting it ready to take to the road but ran it back to the pond first to clean it off.It's a c-160 hydo.Been a great tractor but down sizing.I still have a 520 and an gt-1848.I'm mowing about 15 acres now and I picked up an old Hustler Excell with a 72 in deck.Also have a Kioti with a 72 in finish mower.The Wheel Horses are used mostly for the ditch banks pulling Jacobsen sweeper and snow duty.Can't believe the difference a zero turn has done to cut hours off from my mowing.

[streamin]

my grandfather had an old Wheelhorse similar to that. It lasted for years, tough "metal" built. It finally died so he bought a new Wheelhorse. No comparison on how they built those old ones. Didn't last long either...

[hitts427]

Yup hard to beat the old iron

[MF1433V]

lol on the not the best location.I was getting it ready to take to the road but ran it back to the pond first to clean it off.It's a c-160 hydo.Been a great tractor but down sizing.I still have a 520 and an gt-1848.I'm mowing about 15 acres now and I picked up an old Hustler Excell with a 72 in deck.Also have a Kioti with a 72 in finish mower.The Wheel Horses are used mostly for the ditch banks pulling Jacobsen sweeper and snow duty.Can't believe the difference a zero turn has done to cut hours off from my mowing.

Yup these old garden tractors can't compete for time efficiency and the maneuverability of the zero turns. But I still use a 314-8 as my main mower. I have a C-160 hydro and a C-160 8 speed. The C-160 was the best Wheel Horse made IMO.
Here is the hydro with a 44 inch 2 stage blower.


And the C-160-8

[hitts427]

I want a two stage blower!!Have you used a single stage blower?Just wonder how the two stage compares to my single.Haven't heard of a c-180 though.